I just got back from the wound care specialist’s office with Evangeline.
We had X-rays done on her foot last week and we just got the results today. There is significant degeneration of the bones in her right foot. The doctor is not sure what has caused the disintegration. It may be […] Read more…
Cape May Zoo
Too Easy
As I have gone throughout these first couple of weeks home, I’ve been overwhelmed with the feeling that it’s been just too easy.
Oh yes, I’ve written about concerns that Eliza wasn’t bonding with me. I’ve wondered when she would let down the walls she has built over the years. But even with all […] Read more…
Sweet Eliza
Today was a better day for sweet Eliza!
We are on day 21 with Eliza, and I really can see improvement. She smiled so frequently today, I was just amazed at the change. She just seems to be so much more comfortable. Today she even tried the fish we had for dinner.
Tonight I was […] Read more…
The Little Girl Inside
I’m sitting outside Eliza’s bedroom folding clothes. She is inside with the door closed. I like open doors, but this is not a battle I will fight today.
I need to go downstairs to fix lunch, but the children are happy playing, and I don’t want to leave Eliza.
She is on the other side of […] Read more…
Transparency
As far back as I can remember, I have been a writer. I wrote through my adolescent years of loneliness and illness. I wrote through the years of college and graduate school as I dealt with re-entry into the world of health and wholeness with a compromised body, and then through the years of my […] Read more…
Happiness
These aren’t the best pictures, but I just had to show you these smiles!
This one is so blurry, but she is just giddy here!
Sweet, sweet smiles!
Oh my, how I have longed for that smile.
I’m too tired for words. I just wanted to share these pictures of our happy girls.
Blessings!
A Good Day!
I’ve been told a thousand times that bonding is a process, but somehow yesterday it really sunk into the nooks and crannies of my brain. I think I finally gave myself some grace. I finally accepted the fact there will be good days and bad days, good moments and bad.
There will be moments I […] Read more…
Little White Dress
While we were in China, Evangeline was quite the shopper. She found something she wanted at every store, and her new Mama and Baba were more than happy to oblige her. Whether it was a toy or an article of clothing, there was one thing we could be sure of: whatever she chose was always […] Read more…
Smiles
Eliza and Evangeline have a family.
Sometimes it all seems so surreal.
They’re really here.
They are really ours.
They’re not alone anymore.
They’re not orphans anymore.
They are chosen children,
With lots of brothers and sisters to love them.
The jet lag’s really hitting me hard today so I’ll just give you all […] Read more…
